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The health system has embraced change management to encourage key clinical buy-in for incorporating social determinant data into the EHR and informing care plans.
The health system estimates referral volume grew 16.5% last year, adding 3,308 more patients than the previous year.
Caregivers with the clinical communications vendor’s Smartbadge can say “Hey, Vocera,” to initiate calls, voice messages, responses to events and alerts, or broadcasts to care teams or rapid response teams.
Now generally available, the EHR-linked new Dragon Ambient eXperience applies AI to help capture and contextualize physicians' conversations with their patients.
The technology has improved the workflows of physicians and CDI specialists alike, and increased reimbursement thanks to efficiency gains in several key metrics.
Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients.
Adventist Health White Memorial overhauls operating room processes with real-time location system and RFID tags, trimming costs and improving patient satisfaction.
The ultimate goals are to avoid penalties for non-compliance with state regulations; improve provider satisfaction, loyalty and recruitment measures; and increase patient satisfaction measures.
Update: HIMSS20 has been canceled due to the coronavirus.
Four experts in diagnostic imaging IT offer CIOs, CMOs and other leaders some best practices for making a complex technology work best for their own healthcare organizations.